Married To The Cruel Crown Prince

"You do not need to kill anyone. Don't say such words," Yin Na said and wiped the tears from the right edge of her nose.

"Let's go back," she said and the two left the market.

Huo Jin followed Yin Na to her room and asked the servant to set the dinner table for them. Yin Na, who had lost her appetite, refused to eat.

"Don't bring anger on food. I know that you can stay hungry," Huo Jin stated. Yin Na's personal attendant kept looking at her when Huo Jin told her to leave the room. She silently followed the command and walked out.

After the dinner table was set, Huo Jin made her sit on the floor mattress and himself sat on the cushion to her opposite end.

He handed her the chopsticks and told her to begin eating. Yin Na started to eat while Huo Jin started after her.

After they finished the food, Huo Jin asked the servant to clean the table. She did so, and walked out, taking the dishes on the tray.

Huo Jin brought Yin Na towards the bed. He thought to make her sleep first when he heard her voice.

"I knew that someday someone would say such a thing to me. I am afraid what will Father say? What if the people say such a thing to my Brother? It was not my choice, Huo Jin," she said and frowned.

Tears again formed in her eyes and she lowered them.

Huo Jin placed his hands under her cheeks. "Does it matter what you did in the past? Father knows that his daughter can never be wrong. General Wang will also kill such men if they try to see you in an evil way. Indeed, it was never your choice," Huo Jin said.

Yin Na put her hands on his.

"Why do you always come to rescue me? You confuse me, Huo Jin," she gazed at him confusedly.

"Because it is my duty to protect you when General Wang isn't around," Huo Jin replied. The answer that Yin Na wanted to hear did not come from him. It dejected her but what she could probably say.

Huo Jin slowly pulled his hands back and put them down.

"If you had accepted my feelings, I would not have to see this day," Yin Na stated. "You forced me to go with Xu Wenhai because I wanted to make you jealous. But I think anything that happens to me, does not truly bother you," she deduced. It was tough for her to come to this conclusion that Huo Jin never saw her the other way.

Huo Jin indeed was jealous when Xu Wenhai was around her, but his mind did not accept that.

"Why do you love me? I only have hurt you," he stated and swallowed the lump they had formed in his throat.

"I do not know. It just happened," she bent her head and twiddled with her fingers again. "You do things for me which hardly anyone does. What more shall I tell?" She chuckled and again looked into his eyes.

"You shall sleep. It is late," Huo Jin said.

Yin Na hummed and turned her back towards him. Huo Jin stepped back and walked out of her room.

He stepped out of the residence to meet Xu Wenhai. Also, he wanted to kill Liang Wu. Yin Na had told him not to do anything, but the way Liang Wu said wrong about her, forced him to not spare him tonight.

As he descended the few stairs, he found Xu Wenhai in front of him.

"How is Yin Na?" Xu Wenhai asked him.

Huo Jin pulled him by grabbing his collars. The guards at the gate ran to them and pulled Huo Jin back. Huo Jin shouted at them and told them to let him go.

"Young Master, please calm down. You might get into trouble for raising a hand on a minister," one of the guards said.

"Leave me. I will not raise my hand on Minister Xu," he assured them. The guards let him go when Huo Jin told Xu Wenhai to follow him as he could not create any scene in front of the residence.

Xu Wenhai followed him and found that Huo Jin was on the route that went to a deep forest. It was isolated from people, so even if they would argue with each other, there would be none to witness them.

Huo Jin halted and turned to Xu Wenhai after realizing that they were quite far from the residence.

"Why did you let that bastard speak? Why did you stop me?" Huo Jin questioned him.

"I cannot beat everyone around. People talk rubbish because it's how society works. I stopped you because you could have been punished for beating an official," Xu Wenhai asserted.

"But it is not important now. Tell me, how is Yin Na?" Xu Wenhai asked him again.

"She is not good. What happened between you two? I heard a few people that you two were arguing over something," Huo Jin questioned him.

"She does not want to marry me," Xu Wenhai stated and looked at the golden hairpin which was in his hand.

"I never once lost. I passed the civil services exam on the first attempt. I won every game that was organized by the noble class. However, I lost today," Xu Wenhai asserted and gazed into the eyes of Huo Jin, who was perplexed to hear him.

"What are you blabbering about?" He skeptically looked at him.

"I lost to you, Huo Jin. Forgive me for looking down on you. Indeed, I should have beaten Liang Wu for disrespecting Yin Na, but I could not," Xu Wenhai affirmed.

Huo Jin rubbed the temples of his forehead. He told him not to beat around the bush.

"I did not like it when Yin Na praised you without knowing about your past. She chose you above the friendship between two families. Tell her that I truly am apologetic. I pray for her happiness, and I will surely work for the betterment of the women, who belong to the profession where she was forced to work once. This will be the best present for her. I know that she will never want to see my face after today's incident," Xu Wenhai requested.

"She chose me? What do you mean?" Huo Jin asked him to explain.

"She loves you and I cannot force my feelings on her," Xu Wenhai asserted.